Skinny Thai Chicken Noodle Soup: 177 Calories

My life has been insane lately. A good insanity from being busy, being asked to do things, be places. It’s welcomed and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve been so blessed with, even on the days when it feels like it’s too much. Travel, speaking engagements, book signings, photography jobs, dinners, it’s all amazing I’ve hardly found the self esteem to feel like I even deserve half of it.

Luckily a coping mechanism for me has always been cooking, a double edged sword when you have a propensity to stress eat. So I’ve had to sublimate my urge to gorge on cheesecake with homemade soup. A fine stand in, especially when it takes 15 minutes and only 177 calories a bowl.

It also makes me feel like I have this all under control, and I’m going to go ahead and let myself think that for a while longer.

Cooking does the same thing for me — instant relaxation, not matter what’s going on in my life. And this soup? Could cure any period of stress, plus it always makes me feel better when I’m putting something delicious AND healthy in my body.

Have you seen zero cal noodles? Sold on amazon as Miracle noodles, but im sure there are other brands. They remind me of glass/cellophane noodles, they’re made of some japanese yam that is essentially fiber and water and no calories. They smell a little funny straight out of the package but once you rinse them they’re fab, and they take the taste of whatever you put them in. I love them, fast, easy, tasty (once you put them in a dish) and literally zero calories! They’d take your calorie count for this dish down even more = you can eat more of it! yummm lol anyways, just a suggestion, they don’t pay me or anything (maybe they should though! lol)